News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-08-18
summer Selling.

There are several ways of ecOnomiZino
grass used as pasture or other pasturin 2
crops. The great waste of pasturng is
IN the tramping of the stock and in The
fouling by the excrement. This loss is a
very large item where land is high in
value and where it costs a large sum to
| get well set pasture. In such cases
there Is large economy in soiling. This
may be done not only by cutting the fod-
der and feeding it in stables and wards,
but also by lettering the cows, and with
sheep by providing light movable hur-
dies or fence panels, which may be set up
or taken down and removed with great
| ease. The movable fences NAV be used
tor conhnlng COWS as well as for sheep.
There are several kinds of them in use.
The cattle of the islands of jersey and
Guernsey are all tethered and it is to this
economical management that the small
farms of those fertile islands are able to
support COW on less than an acre of
land. This method is also extensively
used IN the western pant Of France, where
the farms are snail and vet keep a large
number OF Gait c. Small ie'ds of COLA
"a variety OF rape) and OF clover may be
seen there, with the COWS tethcrcd in
ranks each one having s. many feet of
fodder to consume each day. The cows
are secured by strong leathcrncck straps,
having rings sewn in them, an chain
or rope with ssaplOck Mt one end and a
large ring at the other The snaplock
is fastened to the ring in the neck strap
and the large ring is dropped over the
lettering stake. When feeding down
the grass on the lawn and under the fruit
trees III the orchard the writer has used il
light chain about twenty feet lonr. with
asWTel In it, and attached to Il revolving
ring or cleyis in the head of q, iron
pin, which is driven into the Ground
lettering chains of the same kind have
been found very useful in feeding down
green clover III the fields, giving the COWS
Strlp about six or eight feet wide. in
,Ie shape OF curve in front of them, for
tilelr meal. There is some little difficulty
III Piaclhg the COWS, and when ten or
twenty are kept it is better t. hava NOV
aolc hurdles Tor enclosing them and pro
tcc'lh9 The crop. But where single
cow or TWO or th@e are kept this method
IS qu,'e practlrah and convenient. The
pest hurdle IS SIMPLE panel nine feet
ion8, madc OF light narrow boards, lust
% BOARD fenx is made, and with up
iISilI ours OF The same material. The
eh9s OF the boards project beyond the
emu oars about SIX inches, so that when
TWO are placed overlapping, fence wire
ring can be sllPHkl over these ends and
secure mem. S5Nle3 are driven down.
,h[ee I" each L-ael. and the panels are
held by them lutte firmly by driving
two ON one side and one on the other al
ternately.
A very good hurdle has been made of
round poles sixteen feet long with stakes
or spokcs fixed in them in holes bored
through, thus forming rows of stakes
on both sides about twelve inches apart
the Who'e length. A second set is put
IN Grosswise with the first row. This
hufoie IS turned over and over as it is
required TO advance il. But for moving
bonrd hurdle
It Is Impossible to keep COWS or sheep
win economy aud profit unless some pro
VISION Is made for Summer feeding, and